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1 month ago | cbs17.com | Matthew Sockol |Lance Blocker |Ashley Anderson

PRINCETON, N.C. (WNCN) — A major presence of emergency services and school officials surrounded a crash Wednesday afternoon in Johnston County involving a school bus with students on board and a white SUV. CBS 17 is on the scene of the crash near Princeton Elementary School on Holts Pond Road in Princeton where at least six ambulances and three fire trucks responded in addition to a slew of law enforcement vehicles.

1 month ago | cbs17.com | Matthew Sockol |Lance Blocker

(Cary Police Department) CARY, N.C. (WNCN) — Two families were displaced after a tree fell on a house in Cary Monday afternoon, police said. According to the Cary Police Department, firefighters responded to the 100 block of Templeton Street shortly before 1 p.m. for a report of a fallen tree. When they arrived, they saw the tree caused significant damage to the house it fell on.

2 months ago | cbs17.com | Wes Hohenstein |Rachel Duensing |Laura Smith |Lance Blocker

We’re coming off a warm and breezy Saturday with highs in the 80s, and the mild spring weather continues into Sunday. Expect more clouds with highs in the mid to upper 80s, and a light breeze. Monday will feel like summer again — sunny, breezy, and warm, with highs in the mid-80s. Winds could gust up to 25 mph in the afternoon. Rain and storm chances return Tuesday, especially during the afternoon and evening. A few stronger storms are possible, but most of the day will still be dry.

2 months ago | cbs17.com | Lance Blocker

Posted: Apr 6, 2025 / 10:37 PM EDT Updated: Apr 6, 2025 / 11:30 PM EDT RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — Monday is now a CBS 17 Storm Team Alert Day due to an increasing threat for strong to severe storms and the potential for localized flash flooding across central North Carolina. The best chance for severe weather will be from late morning through the afternoon, with additional storms and heavy rain possible into the evening hours.

Mar 25, 2025 | cbs17.com | Rodney Overton |Lance Blocker

YOUNGSVILLE, N.C. (WNCN) — Part of U.S. 1 in Franklin County was closed for hours Tuesday after a tractor-trailer flipped in a crash with an SUV, witnesses and officials said. The incident was reported just before 10 a.m. along U.S. 1 southbound near Bert Winston Road, about midway between Youngsville and Franklinton, according to the NCDOT. No one was seriously injured in the wreck which happened when an SUV was making a U-turn into the southbound lanes near Bert Winston Road, witnesses said.